Frogday

ksvette74

NADA might not be too far off. Most, probably 90% of cars would fall into the low cat I think, which is about reasonable. To fall in the average category, it would have to not have any flaws that could not be found without some serious hunting, and then only minor flaws at that. A small stone chip here, maybe. No cracks in glass, no mods, etc. The high category would have to be a car that has probably less than 10k original miles, and now does not drive. not many of them, so most in the low.

toolman1981

I see a couple problems.
Never been a 1981 with a L-82, its an L-81
and all 1981s' came with factory a/c so take away the differential there.

The #s' in NADA come from information obtained from the actual sale of vehicles?
This proves a lot of people over paid for their cars...?
Does anyone Know for sure where they get their #'s

Xanthophyll

Well I found my first problem.

I found a nice puddle of pink fluid when I went to move the car today. Based on where it was in the garage, it was on the driver's side near the front tire area. Has an 'oily feel' to it and there was a pretty decent amount on the garage floor.

It's a 4-speed manual transmission.

Sigh.

Anybody have any ideas before I call someone? Power Steering fluid possibly?

toolman1981

check your power steering cylinder, mine leaked until I rebuilt it.

RagTop69

I think that the NADA site states clearly in their definition of a high value car that they are not talking about a trailered "#1" car and that most of those cars would be in museums and not on the used car lot. How many of these cars do you think have less than 10K original miles and are not in a collection someplace? NADA stands for the National Automobile Dealer's Association. Since they are in the business of selling used cars, do you think they might be motivated to overstate the value of a used car? Just sayin.

Frogday

If you look under your car you will probably see where it is leaking from the power steering cylinder or the hoses. I have seen posts from people here that have had luck using the power steering stop leak fluid, so that may be worth a try for a quick fix.

Ultimately, rebuilding or replacing the unit is the best solution.